Elon Musk claimed hate speech on Twitter has dropped by a third, days after vowing to take back “people’s trust”. Congratulating the Twitter team, the social media company’s new owner tweeted a picture of the tweets in decline.
Hate speech impressions decreased by 1/3 from pre-spike levels. Congratulations to the Twitter team! pic.twitter.com/5BWaQoIlip
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022
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Musk announced this month that Twitter’s new policy includes “freedom of expression, but not freedom of access”. Will not promote or promote Tweeters with hate speech or “negative” content. The platform was flooded with gags and live memes in view of the billionaire’s Twitter agreement, which prompted the formation of a “Content Moderation Council”. This was a clear attempt by Musk to retain the trust of advertisers.
On the other hand, Musk has also reinstated several old accounts that were previously banned or suspended. This marked the first time that Kanye West and Donald had joined. Both their accounts were banned for hate speech. According to Bloomberg, The flood of hate speech following Musk’s acquisition not only put special strain on his promises to restore people’s ability to speak freely, but also raised fears about the platform’s worth to advertisers. It was only then that Musk said Twitter would not be a “free-for-all hellscape” under his leadership.
However, not all advertisers subscribe to Musk’s claim. Yesterday, Volkswagen Questions halted all paid activity on Twitter. Earlier this month, Volkswagen (which also owns Audi), Cupra, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ducati and Porsche said it would pause paid ads on radio until next year following its acquisition of Elon Musk’s platform It was
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